84R18047 RMA-D
By: Capriglione H.R. No. 1835
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Many airports, especially those in congested urban
areas, are near or over their capacities, and such inadequate
infrastructure causes long delays, reduced customer service,
negative impacts on the economy, and bottlenecks throughout our
entire national air transportation system; and
WHEREAS, Implementation of the Next Generation Air
Transportation System (NextGen) would help make air travel even
safer and more convenient and environmentally friendly by enhancing
the efficiency of airports and airspace procedures; and
WHEREAS, The long list of airport improvements encompassed in
NextGen includes performance-based navigation flight procedures,
improved surface management systems, reduced aircraft exhaust
emissions, and technology upgrades that bolster all-weather access
to airports; and
WHEREAS, Airport operators must be involved in the
development of NextGen capabilities in and around their airports
from inception to execution to ensure noise and other environmental
factors that affect their communities are appropriately
considered; and
WHEREAS, The latest Future Airport Capacity Task study
prepared by the FAA indicates that many of the nation's busiest
airports, including George Bush International Airport in Houston,
will require new runways to meet projected capacity needs in the
coming years even with NextGen, and these findings highlight the
critical importance of taking all reasonable steps to reduce
airport congestion; and
WHEREAS, Airports across the nation are ready to work with
the FAA, industry partners, the communities they serve, and the
U.S. Congress to implement NextGen in order to equip our air
transportation system to meet the demands of the 21st century; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby express its support for the implementation of
the Next Generation Air Transportation System; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the chief clerk forward official copies of
this resolution to the president of the United States, to the
administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, to the
president of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives
of the United States Congress, and to all the members of the Texas
delegation to Congress with the request that this resolution be
entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of
the United States of America.